Mechanisms
- Title
- Mechanisms / curated by Anthony Huberman.
- Published by
- San Francisco : CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts ; Amsterdam : In collaboration with Roma Publications, [2017], ©2017.
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color); 22 cm
- Summary
- This catalogue accompanies a group show at CCA Wattis in San Francisco, curated by Anthony Huberman. It reflects on ways the "machine" determines how we live and what we believe in. A machine is also a mechanism, not just a physical object but also an abstract ideology. The artworks point to the forms and instruments that make up our technological infrastructure, as well as to the values they are designed to enforce. Contesting a world that rewards efficiency, speed, and productivity, the participating artists test existing systems with inefficient machines, impossible tools, wasted time, and elaborate protocols that misalign outputs and inputs.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Note
- Published on occasion of the exhibition held at the CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, October 12, 2017-February 24, 2018; and at the Secession, Vienna, summer 2018.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.